Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship

The Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "to a scientist making new contributions to the physics of the Earth whose four to six lectures would prove a solid, timely, and useful addition to the knowledge and literature in the field." The prize was established by the physicist Arthur L. Day.

“Look at your lake, Christine. Youll love it here, when you get used to the dark. And youll love the dark, too. Its friendly. And peaceful. It brings rest and relief from pain. Its right under the Opera. The music comes down and the darkness distills it, cleanses it of the suffering that made it, then its all beauty and life here is like a resurrection.”—Eric Taylor, and Leroux. Arthur Lubin. Erique Claudin (Claude Rains)

“To become a token womanwhether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sistersis to become something less than a man ... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.”—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

“Our day will come.”—Slogan of the I.R.A.....

“You have promise, Mlle. Dubois, but you must choose between an operatic career and what is usually called a normal life. Though why it is so called is beyond me.”—Eric Taylor, Leroux, and Arthur Lubin. M. Villeneuve (Frank Puglia)